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DANISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

rad.

row

3 characters1 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈʁɑð]

  1. row

    common-gender

  2. line

    common-gender

  3. string

    common-gender

  4. tier

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Norse rǫð, from Proto-Germanic *radō (“row”). Cognate with Norwegian rad and Swedish rad.

noun[ˈʁɑˀð]

  1. rad (a non-SI unit of absorbed dose of radiation, equal to 0.01 gray)

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

From English rad, abbreviated from radiation.

noun[ˈʁɑð]

  1. skeleton, carcass

    common-gender · obsolete

  2. person

    common-gender · rare
Where this word comes from

Maybe the same word as the first one. However, Norwegian radd (“person”) speaks against this possibility.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.